the outside world

Tom is now venturing outside..briefly. he would still rather stay indoors but is fairly happy to get a few minutes of fresh air!


now we've booked our wedding, i keep having ideas!! marcus is worrying we wont be
able to afford it though..any affodable suggestions?? something chilled and fun.

touching

video of the last polaroid instant plant.

set a date

we've set a date for our wedding! september 5th 2009. plenty of time to save! :-D

i was supposed to go to a crop today but have had such a horrendous headache the past couple of days that there was no point. plus im still suffering dizziness and even had to take my sickness tablets today. but i did have to stop in at the crop to drop a cj off (driven by marcus) and one of the ladies there does head massages for a living; guess what i had! an amazing free head massage. it really helped ease the headache.

but its not just headaches. im always tired at the moment and have no desire to do anything. i just cant be bothered. and i dont like it.

obsessed

so yeah i have developed a teeny tiny obsession with the now doomed polaroid instant camera. in particular, i now spend ages on flickr groups looking at pictures, and on ebay looking at old cameras. i love the idea of getting an sx-70; according to those in the know, this is the camera to own. unsaleable sells a variety of models, including this gorgeous (unfortunately out of stock) white version; seriously its beautiful. they also do loads of different films, and the obsessed in me just wants to play! i found this camera on ebay with a fab orange cover:

also some flickr faves


1. Final Map, 2. Noël Noël, 3. img190_08, 4. lost somewhere in palmetto, 5. 3 1/2, 6. more owlie tags!, 7. im still jenny from the block..., 8. housebook, 9. Strawberry mania!, 10. Memento mori, 11. paper stars 2, 12. books, 13. new house - kitchen, 14. green1, 15. we all scream!, 16. hearts

see this

• cool owl print from yumi yumi's etsy shop

*still feeling dizzy..its never lasted 3 days before. i just keep taking the anti-sickness tablets and hope it stops.

*was kept awake last night by the wind howling and the cat being unsettled, and so walking all over us all night.

*my family got talking about us getting married...again. i swear it's the favourite topic of conversation in my dad's house. now they're all adamant that we're going to do it when we're in Florida and my step sister is planning a hogroast and a party for when we get back! the idea of going away to do it has always been one that appeals to us as neither of us want a fuss, but it would be nice if WE made that decision.

later

heres a 6x12 using the march qtea kit. the picture is of me and some family friends as 4(ish) year olds.

mini shoot

heres a couple of polaroids from a mini photo shoot i did today. not the most successful due to weather but i managed to get a couple of good shots.
this is a picture of the old street signs, almost hidden due to the 'walkabout' pub sign.

and this is a view between the rows of railway workers cottages. one of the only interesting bits of history here is that swindon was a base for the Great Western Railway. the cottages are still lived in and the old works are now home to a shopping designer village

also, has anyone ever played with Piknik? its a free photo editing software and gives you cool results like this:

before

after

yuk day

• am spending today (mostly) in bed as ive had another attack of the dizziness. yuk.
• outside is horrendous, torrential rain and wind up to 70mph!
• got my qtea kit today, folded in half by the postie, despite the 'do not bend' sticker. luckily nothing was damaged.
• yesterday i bought a 2 pack of polaroid 600 film from asda for the bargainous price of £16. thats a whole £5 cheaper than normal!
• if you havent already done so, check out the save polaroid site and join the flickr group.
• i havent scrapped or done anything creative for a while. i miss it but just cant do it at the moment.

faves

1. our home, 2. dicey, 3. what did YOU do for lunch?, 4. More Hazmapos on Polaroid, 5. Truck_01, 6. superbot to the rescue!, 7. in the city, 8. de quessé, 9. lots of superbots, 10. gocco: finished!, 11. so many bunnies!, 12. first, 13. Thursday 2pm, 14. love birds set of 5, 15. expect nothing, 16. makes up for such short goodbyes

sigh

*still not a lot going on here. it is at this point i realise my life is boring. officially. all i do is work or do housework. creativity is at an all time low, despite ideas galore.

*just bought these two sets of tags from this etsy seller. v cute!

*tom has taken to playing early in the morning. the trouble is, our place is 4 rooms so wherever he decides to play, we hear it everywhere else! and he's getting earlier. it started at 520 which wasnt too bad as i get up for work at 530, but this morning it was 430! i got up and wandered bleary eyed into the kitchen to feed him and hopefully shut him up, but when i saw the time that was it! straight back to bed and he had to wait! he needs to get over his fear of going outside!

*here's a layout i did recently..they're getting rarer! using bampop, thickers and elements of various qtea kits

scaredy cat!

another attempt at taking Tom outside...at least this time we were sat in the porch for 5 minutes before he decided to run upstairs!



marcus had some more bits done to his arm yesterday, so when i got back from work this morning the house smelt of fresh tattoo! yummy!!

i love the colouring of the angels, just a shame they left marks on the bedding!

also been semi inspired by this post by emily falconbridge. i like the idea of making a quilt using different scraps of fabric. i have bits from various qtea kits, as well as bits ive picked up on my travels and i thought it might be interesting to put them together and see what i get!